Arts & Entertainment
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Pennsylvania native John Updike died today of lung cancer. Updike, who grew up near Reading, is known h
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15 years ago
The Dead rising again at the Spectrum
By: Tom MacDonald
Four of the original members of the Grateful Dead are going on tour. Tickets go on sale this morning and WHYY
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15 years ago
Inmates fundraise for mural arts program
Philadelphia’s mural arts program started working in city prisons a decade ago after a heavy blow in city budget cuts. But some of
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15 years ago
A new home for the home of former Presidents
Independence National Historical Park is going to get the money it needs for construction of the President’s House Museum on Indepe
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15 years ago
Kenny Gamble, who along with Leon Huff saturated the 1970s with positive social themes through their signature “Sound of Philadelph
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15 years ago
Artist Andrew Wyeth dies at age 91
The American realist painter, Andrew Wyeth, passed away earlier this morning after a brief illness. From WHYY’s Arts and Culture De
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15 years ago
WHYY’s Dave Heller interviews “One Book, One Philadelphia” author
The 2009 One Book, One Philadelphia program kicks off today. The Mayor’s office and Free Library of Philadelphia joint project prom
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15 years ago
“One Book, One Philadelphia” kicks off 7th season with a local favorite
Today a former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist returns to the city of Brotherly Love to kick off the city’s seventh “One Book
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15 years ago
Poe historians get ready to rumble tonight
This month marks the 200th birthday of legendary author Edgar Allan Poe. Scholars from Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore square off toda
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15 years ago
The “feel good” part about the Eagles’ playoff run
Sports fans are gearing up for Sunday’s Eagles matchup against the Cardinals for the NFC crown and a trip to the Super Bowl. One ex
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15 years ago
Mummers, city consider future of the parade
This year’s budget crisis led Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to make some unpopular decisions. One of those affected the 20,000
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15 years ago
Debut of “My Name is Asher Lev”
Arden Theater Company has become a well respected presence in the Philadelphia arts community over its 20-year history. Tonight, My Name
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15 years ago
Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero faces 50-game suspension
By: Brenda Jorett
WHYY’s Brenda Jorett talks to Inquirer columnist Jim Salisbury who has been covering the 50-game suspensio
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15 years ago
Amidst city budget cuts Mayor Nutter gives Philly Orchestra a $250,000 dollar boost
Leaders of cultural organizations in Philadelphia are concerned about how the city will make future appropriations. The Philadlephia Orch
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15 years ago
Dumpster divers create “trash” art in New Jersey
Philadelphia area art galleries will open their doors on this first Friday of the first month of the New Year. Tonight, you might overhea
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15 years ago